UN nuclear chief: ‘Matter of weeks’ until Iran has uranium for bomb

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1. Iran still has the capacity to advance its nuclear weapons programme after Israel and America’s airstrikes this year, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has told The Times.

   Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the Iranian government still had the means to manufacture the centrifuges needed to enrich its uranium stockpile.

   “They have the capacity. A number of centrifuges may have escaped damage,” he said. “They have places where they manufacture these components — rotors, bellows and things — where they do all these activities. So if they wanted to, it would just be a matter of time.”

   Inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities have resumed after Tehran suspended co-operation with the IAEA after the strikes in June, which devastated several power plants including the Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, Grossi said.

   But his agency has yet to be given access to the government’s uranium, which was enriched to 60 per cent purity before the 12-day war in June. To be weapons-grade material, this stockpile would need to be enriched to 90 per cent, according to the IAEA.

   “They seem to be quite protective of this,” said Grossi, who is receiving around-the-clock security protection after being subjected to a reported Iranian threat against his life. “They believe that this material could be still subject to more attacks.”

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3. But Trump told everyone he had crippled their nuclear programme!

4. In the past, I would be upset if Iran had a nuclear bomb, but in recent years, Israel has proven to be an expansionist country with no regard for human rights. Israel is a threat to peace.

5. Here we go again with weeks, days and months game.

6. Hey, I’ve seen this one.

7. Here we go again. Expect Iran to be a “few weeks away” from nuclear weapons until the end of Trump’s term. This was after the fat orange clown said he completely obliterated their nuclear capabilities.

8. Here we go again for the 500th time

9. Matter of weeks since 1995

10. Again?

11. what happened to totally and completely obliterated? orange buffoon seemed quite confident

12. Sound like clickbaits

13. Trumps not going to like this headline. His bombing didnt actually end Iran’s nuclear program (as if you could bomb away nuclear knowledge from an industrialized country).

14. I thought the greatest operation in military history had taken care of this?

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